Get unit for value — getUnit • RstoxData

Get unit id, shortname, symbol or name of a value in accordance with StoX convention.

getUnit(
  value,
  property = c("id", "shortname", "symbol", "name"),
  unitTable = RstoxData::StoxUnits
)

Arguments

value: value to read unit from
property: the property of the unit that is to be returned (e.g. 'symbol' or 'name')
unitTable: formatted as StoxUnits

the unit of value. <NA> if unit is not set

 dt <- data.table::data.table(weight=c(1000,1200))
 dt$weight <- setUnit(dt$weight, "mass-g")
 print(getUnit(dt$weight, "name"))
#> [1] "gram"